α. 1800s tarso-metatarsus.
β. 1800s tarso-metatarse.
tarso-metatarsusn.
/ˌtɑːsəʊmɛtəˈtɑːsəs/ Comparative Anatomy.
The bone formed by ankylosis of the tarsus and the metatarsus in birds and early reptilian types.
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tarso-metatarsal1851
tarso-metatarsus1854
synsacrum1903
the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of
metatarsus1682
talus1684
tibia1826
tarsus1828
suffrago1842
tarso-metatarsal1851
tarso-metatarsus1854
boot1864
tibiotarsus1883
metatarse1894
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 224 The period at which these several constituents of the ‘tarso-metatarse’ coalesce is shorter in the birds that can fly than in those that cannot.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 18 The fibula never articulates with the tarso-metatarsus.
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